•Seven in 10 doubt that the utility-backed amendment relating to solar power — and opposed by most consumer groups — will reach the 60 percent threshold needed to pass.

“I expect in Florida the main difference between Donald Trump losing and Marco Rubio winning will be the Hispanic vote. But we will see soon enough!” said one independent voter.

“Trump’s worst week of entire campaign (first debate, twitter wars, tape) came at best time for (Clinton) — right when (mail ballots) were dropping and being returned,” a Republican said. “If Trump loses, you can point to that week specifically.”

Don’t freak out over this Insider Poll, Trump supporters, or get smug, Clinton backers.

This is an utterly unscientific poll that reflects conventional wisdom of Florida’s political elites. These are the same folks who last summer overwhelmingly expected Jeb Bush to be the Republican nominee.

We allow participants in our Insider Polls to weigh in anonymously to encourage honest assessments. Participants included 63 Democrats, 91 Republicans and 12 people registered to neither major party.

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